Coastal Bays

Partners in the Coastal Bays
Program

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is a partner
in the Maryland Coastal Bays National Estuary Program, an organization
dedicated to the protection and preservation of these important national
resources. In 1999, the MD Coastal Bays Comprehensive Conservation
Management Plan (CCMP) was approved and thus began the implementation of over
500 actions, listed in the plan, by the twenty eight partners. The four
major implementation areas include water quality; fish & wildlife;
recreation & navigation and community & economic development.